Garve railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Garve in the north of Scotland. Garve is located at the eastern edge of Loch Garve, measured 11 mi from Dingwall, and is the first stop on the line before Lochluichart. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.

History

The station was opened on 19 August 1870. It was to be the junction for the Garve and Ullapool Railway, intended to connect Ullapool, the Western Isles' nearest mainland port, with the rest of the UK. An act of parliament was passed for the line in 1890, but in spite of local efforts in that year, and again two years later, the idea could not be fully financed and was abandoned.

Facilities

Facilities here are basic, comprising shelters and benches, and a small car park (as well as bike racks). There is step-free access to both platforms, but not between them (as only a footbridge connects them).

Platform layout

The station is 11 mi from Dingwall, and has a passing loop 20 chain long, flanked by two platforms which can each accommodate a five-coach train. The first of the Kyle line's three passing loops is located here and trains are occasionally timetabled to cross, though the loop points work automatically and all movements are controlled using the Radio Electronic Token Block system which was installed by British Rail and is supervised from the signalling centre at Inverness.

Passenger volume

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

From Monday to Saturday, there are four daily services to Kyle of Lochalsh and four daily services in the opposite direction to Inverness. There is one service in each direction on Sundays all year, with a second during the summer months only.